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Creon's Leadership Compared to Machiavelli's Ideas Sophocles's Antigone of Ancient Greece is a tale for all times. The actions and relationships between characters can be seen in any society. In particular, the leadership and actions taken by Creon in the play can be compared to the leadership traits that Nicolo Machiavelli suggests a leader should follow in his 16th century work The Prince. Machiavelli provides twenty six chapters on how leaders should act in specific scenarios. Princes and rulers need to maintain a subtle balance between love, fear, hatred, liberalism and meanness, all in addition to keeping possession of a newly obtained rule. Creon has obtained rule of Thebes through unique means. Etocles and Polyneices were to rotate rule between themselves, but since Etocles refused to allow Polyneices his time to rule, the two quarreled with armies, and killed each other, leaving Creon their uncle as the next hereditary male in...

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